Steps include legalizing status of 5,500 undocumented PA residents, six new housing projects in Area C, adding 1,500 Gaza work permits, opening 'new' West Bank crossing

The US administration has focused mostly on improving the Palestinian economy, but critics say this cannot replace efforts to end the decades-long conflict

Last time such approvals were granted, the majority of the 1,300 were for already-existing houses; this move comes as Defense Ministry greenlights 4,500 Jewish settlement homes

Aliza Bin Noun loses cool after diplomats from 16 countries use routine meeting on West Bank to present list of concerns regarding Israeli conduct beyond Green Line

Defense Ministry blames meeting's postponement on 'labor dispute'; plans to advance 2,200 new settlement homes also apparently put off

According to Kan, PM took number of houses set for approval down by 1,000 ahead of planned first meeting with Biden

Defense Ministry to okay 1,000 Palestinians homes and some 2,000 settler houses; Jerusalem court freezes Palestinian home demolitions in Silwan

Anti-BDS Labeling Act would enshrine as law one of Trump’s final orders and comes in wake of Ben & Jerry's decision to end sales in 'occupied Palestinian territories'

Courts have ruled that Khirbet Humsa, thrice demolished by authorities in recent months, was built illegally in an Israeli military firing zone

Right-wing rallies call for government to demolish unauthorized building in Area C of the West Bank